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24 March, 2015

JPL | News | NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Passes Marathon Distance

JPL | News | NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Passes Marathon Distance: There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday -- 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers) - with a finish time of roughly 11 years and two months.